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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which question is MOST relevant to the passage?
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet in our solar system?
Why were Galileo's ideas considered a threat to the Church?
How big are some of the largest telescopes in the world?
What did Galileo's parents think of his work?
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of the passage?
The telescope changed the way we understand the universe.
Most people do not accomplish as much as Galileo.
Galileo made significant scientific discoveries.
Galileo believed in proving his theories.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the effect of Galileo's experiment with falling objects?
He gathered heavy balls of different sizes.
He climbed to the top of the Tower of Pisa.
He proved that Aristotle's theory was correct.
He proved that all objects fall at the same rate of speed.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the passage is a fact?
"He studied for years at a monastery, and then he began to study medicine."
"When we think of people who did great things, we don't often think back far enough."
"Could Galileo's work with telescopes actually prove that Copernicus was correct?"
"His education served him well, because Galileo became one of the greatest thinkers of his time."
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which section of the passage discusses Galileo's construction of an early telescope?
"A Curious Mind"
"Proving His Theory"
"An Important Invention"
"Trouble for Galileo"
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did Galileo MOST LIKELY view Copernicus?
He thought that Copernicus had committed heresy.
He believed that Copernicus's science was flawed.
He thought that he was not as smart as Copernicus.
He admired Copernicus as a scientist.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What would MOST LIKELY have happened if another astronomer had come to Galileo's defense when the Church accused Galileo of heresy?
The other astronomer would have been arrested.
The Church would have admitted it was wrong.
Galileo would have lost his interest in science.
The Church would have stopped charging people with heresy.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which question is answered by the passage?
How did the Milky Way get its name?
How big was Galileo's first telescope?
Did Galileo see Mars with his telescope?
What inspired Galileo to build a spyglass?
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why does Galileo call the ideas in this book "great"?
because no other ideas are as interesting
because they are a new way of looking at the sky
because they prove that ancient theories about the sky were correct
because they show that the sun actually does revolve around Earth
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which is the main text structure that the author uses in paragraph 8?
sequence
cause and effect
problem and solution
compare and contrast
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the passage is an opinion?
"A few days later the report was confirmed to me in a letter from a Frenchman at Paris, Jacques Badovere."
"It would be unnecessary to mention how important such an instrument would be at sea as well as on land."
"I shall first briefly explain this instrument, as well how I developed it."
"Afterwards I shall relate the story of the observations I have made."
- 12. Multiple Choice
Based on the information in the passage, it is MOST LIKELY that
scientists will prove that most of Galileo's ideas were wrong.
Galileo's writings will continue to be studied in school.
astronomers will discover that Mercury is not a planet.
in the near future telescopes will no longer be useful.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which conclusion is BEST supported by the passage?
Scientists were unaware of the work of scientists in other countries.
Galileo's telescope was more effective than modern telescopes.
Galileo was not sure that his findings were correct.
Galileo's The Starry Messenger caused a sensation.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Galileo built several telescopes because he wanted to
share them with other astronomers.
use them for different purposes.
improve on his design.
sell them for money.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How does the photograph of the moon illustrate ideas from the passage?
It shows that the moon reflects the light of the sun.
It shows that the moon is easier to see at night.
It shows that the moon's surface is uneven.
It shows that the moon goes around Earth.
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